BATON ROUGE -- After handling Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium, 31-3, the LSU football team advanced to No. 7 in both the Associated Press Top 25 along with the USA Today Coaches Polls on Sunday.
The AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Florida (55) 3-0 1,488 1
2. Texas (2) 3-0 1,428 2
3. Alabama (3) 3-0 1,390 4
4. Mississippi 2-0 1,213 5
5. Penn St. 3-0 1,212 5
6. California 3-0 1,169 8
7. LSU 3-0 1,120 9
8. Boise St. 3-0 1,038 10
9. Miami 2-0 920 20
10. Oklahoma 2-1 862 12
11. Virginia Tech 2-1 852 13
12. Southern Cal 2-1 825 3
13. Ohio St. 2-1 810 11
14. Cincinnati 3-0 739 17
15. TCU 2-0 674 15
16. Oklahoma St. 2-1 478 16
17. Houston 2-0 455 21
18. Florida St. 2-1 363 NR
19. BYU 2-1 349 7
20. Kansas 3-0 347 22
21. Georgia 2-1 318 23
22. North Carolina 3-0 271 24
23. Michigan 3-0 247 25
24. Washington 2-1 194 NR
25. Nebraska 2-1 132 19
Others receiving votes: Missouri 115, Georgia Tech 102, Auburn 100, Pittsburgh 91, UCLA 62, Iowa 39, Oregon 30, Texas Tech 19, Notre Dame 16, Utah 12, Clemson 11, Colorado St. 4, Oregon St. 4, South Florida 1
USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL — Sept. 20, 2009
Rank, School (record), Points, Last week’s rank, First-place votes
1. Florida (3-0), 1475, 1, 59
2. Texas (3-0), 1412, 2, 0
3. Alabama (3-0), 1355, 4, 0
4. Penn State (3-0), 1274, 5, 0
5. Mississippi (2-0), 1182, 6, 0
6. California (3-0), 1149, 7 (tie), 0
7. LSU (3-0), 1122, 7 (tie), 0
8. Boise State (3-0), 976, 10, 0
9. Oklahoma (2-1), 917, 12, 0
10. Southern California (2-1), 905, 3, 0
11. Ohio State (2-1), 900, 11, 0
12. Virginia Tech (2-1), 853, 14, 0
13. Miami (Fla.) (2-0), 724, 22, 0
14. TCU (2-0), 701, 15, 0
15. Cincinnati (3-0), 580, 21, 0
16. Oklahoma State (2-1), 576, 17, 0
17. Georgia (2-1), 457, 20, 0
18. North Carolina (3-0), 445, 19, 0
19. Kansas (3-0), 381, 23, 0
20. Brigham Young (2-1), 279, 9, 0
21. Missouri (3-0), 214, 25, 0
22. Michigan (3-0), 205, not ranked, 0
23. Houston (2-0), 160, not ranked, 0
24. Nebraska (2-1), 158, 18, 0
25. Florida State (2-1), 154, not ranked, 0
Dropped out: No. 13 Georgia Tech (2-1, lost to then-No. 22 Miami, Fla., 33-17), No. 16 Utah (2-1, lost to Oregon 31-24), No. 24 Oregon State (2-1, lost to then-No. 21 Cincinnati 28-18).
Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 148; Pittsburgh 68; Utah 63; Auburn 62; Iowa 58; Washington 42; Notre Dame 38; UCLA 38; Oregon 34; Texas Tech 22; Kentucky 16; South Florida 12; South Carolina 7; Oregon State 6; Colorado State 4; Wisconsin 2; Minnesota 1.
